Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-27
The WAR SPECK DWlNDLINC.
France and Germany Not Likely to Fight
Over the Frontier Killing.
OPINIONS FROM BOTH SIDES.
The Matter to he Fully Investigated
By Both Governments ana Proper
Reparatton Made-Other
Foreign News
All Paris Disc ussing It.


All Paris Discussing IL.
tCoput0ht 1857 bv James Gordon Bcnnett1
PARIS (via Havre), Sept. 26.-lNew York
Herald Cable-Special to the BEE.l-Paris
was too busy enjoying itself yesterday to
give much attention to the latest frontier in
cdent, news OF which only reaches 1t in time
to be read In the evening, but to-day this sub
ject Is in every mouth, though the fact that
French blood has been shed makes the
matter much more serious in some re-
spects than the two Schnaebel affairs.
Last night, however, many hostile demon
strations might have been made. Outside the
German embassy the government had extra
police to hold off the crowd. Happily their
services were not needed. The Bourse has
not been much affected by the wild business
shock, but the fall in rentes was much more
triflng than after the arrest of the elder
Schnaebel.
AT THE GERMAN EMBASSY.
l called at the German embassy this after
noon. Count Munster had just gone off to
see Florence. l interviewed the embassy
secretary. He took sensible view of the
episode. II knew nothing of the
affair till last night" said he,
"when l noticed an unusual number
of police IN the street and on inquiring why
they were there heard what had happened
No special communication of any kind has
yet reached us, but the French ambassador
has probably asked for an expla-
nation from Berlin to-day. OF course
the matter will be raised there first, not
here. Speaking unoffically l can assure
you that the incident is deeply regretted at
the German embassy, all the more so that
life has been sacrificed. 1t hardly seems
credible that deliberate outrage was COM
mitted. 1t is possible that the Frenchmen
had crossed the frontier or the German
guards fancied they had and went beyond
their instructions. There is. unfortu.
nately, much excitement on the from
tier, and guns at such times are
apt to 20 off too quickly. If the offense
is proved you may be sure France will lind
US ready to give satisfactory reparation and
punish offenders severely. No. the guards
would not be handed over to France for
trial. They woulu be tried in Germany. Our
relations with France are most courteous
just now. Neither nation wants war on
such quarrel and the German government
cannot be held responsible because one or
two petty officials have exceeded their Or
ders. Believe me, in a day or two all will
be peacefully settled.
COOL-HEADED FLoURENs.
Flourens. the clear headed foreign minis
ter, had been too full of business dispatching
and receiving kilograms to-day to be ap-
treat this incident as he did the Schnaebel at.
fair, going to work quietly. making sure OF
his facts first then firmly, though cour-
teously, pressing for satisfaction.
TALKS WITH JOURNALISTS.
Great self-restraint Is shown by the French
press. Violent dietribes appeared in one or
two Paris papers, but most of the articles are
singularly moderate. l discussed the ques-
tion to-day with q number of journalists,
among others Maynard, the able director of
the Figaro: ut Is pretty safe to assume that
the German explanation of the tragedy will
be that the soldier, Kaufman, who, it now
appears, fired the shots which killed BrignO-
mand, warned his superior. Lieutenant
Wanger supposed he was settling accounts
with German poacher, From all know"
| said Maynard, II am inclined to regard
| the shooting of Lieutenant Wanger and his
| attendant as the result of a amsinterpretation
| Of orders by the brutal German functiOnary
| rather than wantOn prOvOcatiOns. Things
| will doubtless be arranged quietly here with
| out immediate i'll consequences, but the
| repetition of these episodes must cause mis-
chief in the long run. Sooner or later the
| explosion must come"
Charles Laudert, editor of the republican
Journal de Paris, took the affair as tragic.
"The shots which have been fired across the
frontier at our coInpatriots," said he, twill
cost Germany dear. The chancellor will
have to give US serious satisfaction"
| His nelghbor and rival, Charles Lalou
Boulangier, director of La France. was more
| nhilncnnhtpol rnpturo
this time" said he. IAN arrangement will
be patched up, but We can't keep on endur-
ing forever
In the absence of NJ. Shrove. director OF
the O:leanist Solaili. interviewed NJ. De La
Hollen, a gentleman representing him
"The affair calls" he said. "fOr proper
reparatiOn, which l cannot doubt Germany
will give. To hold the German government
absolutely responsible for all the crimes OF
its petty subOrdinates is hardly fair. cam
believe any deliberate provocation wa.
meant. IT Germany wanted war it woult
find better pretext"
1.-The present state o. things on the from
tier can't continue" said Arthur Meyer, di
rector Sof the Galois. "The existing law!
are different on the two sides, and unless
the neutral zone is marked out there vii
be war soon. There is something ominou
in the spectacle of the French and German
gendarmes glaring at each other across th'
line. Equally significant is the stead!
reapproachnent Of the French-Russan peo
pie. II France was what she was wa coulc
not tolerate such things as are happening II
Alsace-Lorrain. See how they grow II
gravity. First they entrap an official; nov
they shoot French down in cold blood. re
peat-this can't 60 on. The frontier Is {
standing menace to the peace of Europe"
NJ. Mayer, director of lie Lanterne, tn,
leading radical organ, said: "rhe affair il
in itself is not important. but reveals YER
serious state Of affairs Oh the frontier whic
may cause a collision any moment. TIL
poor fellow who was shot did hi
country great service by calling attention
to this frontier fermentation. On the Frencl
side of the line quite the reverse Is the case
but then We don't seek to fasten q quarrel o.
Germany, whereas Germany seems bent o.
provoking us"
The Feeling In Berlin.
| TCopwt0ht 1887 by James Gordon Belnt.l
BERLIN, Sept. 26.-INew York Heralt
| Cabe-Special to the BEE. THE opini Of
| of Berlin regards the frontier shooting cas-